Car-check holder



July 17, 1923- 1,462,015

R. c. LEITCH CAR CHECK HOLDER Filed Aug. 26 1920 Patented July 17, 1923.

ROY CLIFFORD LEITCH, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

CABr-CEECK HOLDER.

Application filed August 26, 1920. Serial No. 406,057.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROY CLIFFORD Larrorr,

citizen of the United States, and resident of Kansas City, county ofJackson, State of Missouri, have invented a certaln new and usefulImprovement in Car-Check Holders, of which the following is a completespecification.

This invention relates to identlfication checks and holders therefor,and more especially to means for identifying a person with a particularseat in a railroad coach; the invention being designed primarily as animprovement in the check and holder therefor, on which Patent No.1,308,792 was 1ssued to me July 8th, 1919.

The special object, broadly stated,'of this invention is to provide acheck holder of simple and neat construction for securely holding acheck of standardized type, through the resiliency of the check itself,and a further object is to produce a holder of this type to which thecheck can be instantly applied by pressure of a thumb or finger withoutany special or careful fitting of the check against the holder in apredetermined position, as is necessary with the device identified bythe aforesaid patent, in which the check has an opening which must beaccurately fitted with respect to a projection on the holder before thetwo devices can be interlocked together.

With the general objects mentioned in view, the invention consists ,incertain novel and useful features of construction and combinations ofparts as hereinafter described and claimed; and in order that it may befully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of a check and check holderembodying the invention, the said elements being secured in operativeposition.

Figure 2 is a horizontal section of the same.

Figure 3 is a face view of the check.

In the said drawing, 1 indicates the holder of wood or any othersuitable material and preferably in the form of an oblong base or strip,and said holder is provided at opposite sides of its center with a pairof spaced vertical channels or recesses 2, of substantiallysemi-elliptic form in cross section. At the side margins of the channelare formed inwardly-projecting flanges 3 spaced apart to provide a mouth4 slightly narrower than the channels at their widest point.

The base 1' is adapted to be secured in a horizontal position bypreference to a wall of the car adjacent the seat which corresponds innumber to that which appears upon the face of the base between thechannels, as for instance, and the base is also provided with holes 5throughwhich securing screws 6 extend to secure the holderto the wall orequivalent support. I

For use with this holder, the ordinary oblong rectangular paper checksmay be employed, one being indicated at 7 and to secure such a check tothe holder, it is placed across one of the mouths 4, and the operatorwith thumb or finger applies light pressure against the check and thuscauses it to spring or how into the recess until the side margins of thecheck pass between the flanges 3. As this occurs, it is evidenced by avsnap which the operator can both feel and hear, and he withdraws histhumb or fin er from engagement with the check which then, through itsresiliency, attempts to straighten out and thus applies pressure at itsside edges against the sides of the channel and retains its position inthe holder, and can only be readily removed therefrom by grasping itsupper or lower end and pulling it endwise from the position.

From the foregoing, it will be apparent that this holder is adapted forsecuring in position any rectangular shaped check which in widthslightly exceeds the greatest width of the recess of the holder. To makethe device more complete, however, I have provided the check withcertain indicia on its face so that the conductor can tell by aninspection of the check the particular car or coach and the particularseat in such car or coach to which the holder of the ticket belongs, thedestination of such person, whether he is traveling half or full fareand whether or not he has retained his ticket. In the present instance,the ticket contains a series of letters for indicating or identifying acorresponding number of coaches; a blank space upon which the conductormay produce a punch mark or other marks which will correspond to thetown for which the ticket entitlesthe holder to ride; two series ofnumbers, one from No. 1 to 4 inclusive and the other from 0 to 9inclusive, so that the conductor can punch out the particular number ornumbers for cate the fortleth seat. The ticket also contains a symbolidentified by the fraction to indicate when punched that the occu-' pantis traveling, half fare and if not punched that the occupant 1s travehngfull fare, and also contains a symbol marked RT to show that thepassenger has retained his ticket.

As well known, it is a common custom for conductors to place a check inthe hat band of the occupant of a seat or in a holder adjacent to seat,and in either case if the tlcket is lost, it is sometimes impossible todetermine where the passenger of the seat or the one who claims suchseat, is entitled'to ride. With a check of this character, the conductorcan always determine where a passenger holding the check belongs and isentitled to ride, and by enforcin a rule that this check shall remain inthe older, the possibility of a person occupying a seat to which he isnot entitled and the right to travel to a particular place, can bedetermined, as by using a punch mark or symbol not understood by thepassenger, an attempt on lllS part to I claim the right to travel to acertain destination on a particular check, could in most instances, bedetected, due to the fact that the s mbol or punch mark on the check,woul not inform him that the check entitled the holder to ride to aparticular destination.

From the above description, it will be apparent that I have produced acheck holder and check which possesses the features of advanta e setforth as desirable in the statement 0 the object of the invention, and

lars without departing from the which may be modified incertain-particugrinciple of construction involved or from t e spirit andscope ofthe appended claims.

I clalm:

1. In a device of the character described,

the combination of a recessed holder, and a resilient check within saidrecess and bowed by engagement at its side edges with and exertingpressure against the opposite walls of said recess.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of a holderhaving a recess and flanges projecting inwardly over said recess, at theside margins thereof, said recess extending clear through the holderfrom the top to the bottom thereof, and a check in engagement at itsside edges with and exerting pressure against said holder behind saidflanges and of length to project at its ends beyond the top and bottomof the holder.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of a holderhaving a recess and flanges projecting inwardly over said recess at theside margins thereof, said recess extending clear through the holderfrom'the top to the bottom thereof and a resilient check fitting in saidrecess in bowed condition, with its side edges engaging opposite sidesof said recess behind saidflanges.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination of a holderhaving a recess of semi-elliptic form in cross section, and flangesprojecting inwardly over said recess at the side edges thereof, and aresilient check fitting in said recess and bowed toward but spaced fromthe bottom thereof; the side edges of the check engaging the sides ofthe recess at its point of greatest width and behind the said flanges.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my signature.

' ROY CLIFFORD LEITCH.

